An issue was discovered in GEGL through 0.3.32.

published 2018-04-14 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-2190

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in GEGL through 0.3.32. The render_rectangle function in process/gegl-processor.c has unbounded memory allocation, leading to a denial of service (application crash) upon allocation failure.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-10111 updated 2026-11-06 cvss 3.3

gegl: unbounded memory allocation in render_rectangle function in process/gegl-processor.c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gegl
affected: no fix available
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gegl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gegl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gegl04
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/gegl referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

github.com /xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/gegl
exploit, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-10111
NVD CVE-2018-10111

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Summary